Symmetry Groups and New Exact Solutions to （2+1）-Dimensional Variable Coefficient Canonical Generalized KP Equation

摘要

＜正＞ In this paper,the modified CK’s direct method to find symmetry groups of nonlinear partial differentialequation is extended to （2+1）-dimensional variable coefficient canonical generalized KP （VCCGKP） equation.As aresult,symmetry groups,Lie point symmetry group and Lie symmetry for the VCCGKP equation are obtained.Infact,the Lie point symmetry group coincides with that obtained by the standard Lie group approach.Applying thegiven Lie symmetry,we obtain five types of similarity reductions and a lot of new exact solutions,including hyperbolicfunction solutions,triangular periodic solutions,Jacobi elliptic function solutions and rational solutions,for the VCCGKPequation.